Status of macrobenthic community of Manifa-Tanajib Bay System of Saudi Arabia based on a once-off sampling event

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1249-1260

  Joydas, T V ^a   Krishnakumar, P K ^a   Qurban, Mohammad A ^a   Ali, Said M ^a   Al Suwailem, Abdulaziz ^b   Al Abdulkader, Khaled ^c  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

1991 Oil spill; Arabian Gulf; BOPA index; Macrobenthos; Polychaetes; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

BOND (MASONRY); OIL SPILLS;

ARABIAN GULF; BOPA INDEX; MACRO BENTHOS; POLYCHAETES; SAUDI ARABIA;

MARINE POLLUTION;

AMPHIPOD; BAY; HEALTH STATUS; MACROBENTHOS; OIL SPILL; POLYCHAETE; RARE SPECIES; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIPOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MACROBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POLYCHAETA; RARE SPECIES; SALINITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEA POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; SAUDI ARABIA;

AMPHIPODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 79958767364     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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